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FATHER PATERNITY PATRIOTISM
Happy Father's Day
Paternal Paternity Parent Parenthood
Patron Patriot Paternalistic Patron
PARENTS who truly engage in PARENTING are like authors of a new being. PARIR in Spanish is to "give birth", and PARTir implies a dePARTure. The "duet" PARIR - PARTIR illuminates the idea of departure from the shelter offered by the maternal uterus or matrix. Matrix in its turn implies the site where inner matter is molded and materialized as a new life or indivisible individual.
Paternalism.
It is important to remember that non-marital conceptions were branded as PARThenon, and PARThenogenesis described conceptions by virgins. Only later, religions and poets developed the radical idea of PARTHENOGENESIS as mystical events reflecting sex-free conceptions and, therefore, pointing to divine or at times devilish interventions. In any case, having a father or PADRE is important in PARENting. Fathers have much to contribute toward the development of social and cultural PATterns.
First Steps.
The bond "baby-parent" is reflected in the words "mama", "papa", and "dada", which are words relatively easy to articulate by babies. The word "papa" is present in many Indo-European languages. From "papa" emerges a constellation of terms cherished by PATriots and those seeking to benefit from PATrimonies. In the interest of brevity, the list of words in the left column provides access to a detailed landscape which is summarized below.
Padre, Pope, Papa, Potato and their Pets.
Father ........ or in Greek
Peter or in Latin
Pater or male parent or
Paternity and
Paternalistic which flows into
Pattern and
Patron and
Patrimony and
Patriot ideas which link with those in
Parere childbirth or
Parto as in depart from a female
Parent who then engages in
Parenthood
Fathering.
Parenting.
Some illustrations by talented painters may augment the scope of ideas about PATTERns of PATERnity without, I hope, being PATERnalistic, which, unfortunately, acquired a sense of disdain and degradation toward fathers. Such negative bending of the meaning of PATERNAL and PATERNALISM may suggest that in the USA, fatherhood has become devalued. Perhaps this negative shift reflects the large increase in "single parent households" or "pseudo-PARThenon"-like births, a euphemism for children solely raised by a mother. In any case, the importance of a father in parenthood should be self evident, particularly during puberty when a PATER or PETER may have to be as firm as PETRA or stone to control his sons entering puberty. Note that PETER is also a euphemism for the MENtula or the sexual MEMber of MEN also called PENis. A PENIS out of control is likely to lead MENtally immature MEN to face PENalties.
"A Community without Fathers Asks for and gets Chaos."
Attributed to Senator P. Moynihan
Patterns of paternity change with time.
Note the Hapsburg jaw, often a sign of paternity.
Alike but unrelated (shared paternity?).
In medical terms, non-paternity rates rarely are below 10%, and, in general, the frequency climbs with increasing social status of couples.
" QUE GENUS JACTAT SUUM ALIENA LAUDAT "
"HE WHO BOASTS OF HIS DESCENT PRAISES THE DEEDS OF ANOTHER"
attr to Seneca
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